atha yat saṃgavavelāyāṃ sa ādiḥ |
tad asya vayāṃsy anvāyattāni |
tasmāt tāny antarikṣe ’nārambhaṇāny ādāyātmānaṃ paripatanti |
ādibhājīni hy etasya sāmnaḥ ||
4. What he is at the time of the sangava, that is the Adi, the first, the Om. On it birds are dependent. Therefore birds fly about in the sky without support, holding themselves, for they share the adi (the Om) of that Saman.
atha yatsaṅgavavelāyāṃ gavāṃ raśmīnāṃ saṅgamanaṃ saṅgamo yasyāṃ velāyāṃ, gavāṃ vā vatsaiḥ sā saṅgavavelā tasminkāle yatsāvitraṃ rūpaṃ sa ādirbhaktiviśeṣa oṅkārastadasya vayāṃsi pakṣiṇo ’nvāyattāni | yata evaṃ tasmāttāni vayāṃstantarikṣe ’nārambaṇānyanālambanānyātmānamādāyā’tmānamevā’lambanatvena gṛhītvā paripatanti gacchantyata ākārasāmānyādādibhaktibhājīni hyetasya sāmnaḥ || 4 ||